THREE creative young people have penned a book to raise funds for a charity working with LGBT young people.
The trio, made up of C-Jay Quigley, Wiktoria Orlicka and Emily Harle entirely self published the book named “What Makes a Family?” to educate children on families that are different.
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Apart from printing costs, all proceeds raised from the sale of the book will be donated to LGBT Youth Scotland and their annual Purple Friday day of fundraising.
C-Jay, who is 25, “I grew up in Govan where it was all typically either a mum and a Dad or single parents and I didn’t really see any other atypical families. When I did see that eventually, it was a bit unusual that I didn’t know about step-parents, LGBT parents. I didn’t know what care experienced was.”
“The idea of the book was to give people a bit more understanding of atypical families. There aren’t a lot of books that represent different families.”
C-Jay, Wiktoria and Emily have been working on the book since November last year, taking advantage of the post-Christmas lockdown to complete it. As well as LGBT parents, the book also shows families who have carers, single parents and those from a care experienced background.
C-Jay added: “I think if kids are exposed to different types of families then it becomes normal to them. Young kids aren’t born prejudiced, so it’s best to catch them young before they develop ideas they may have learned from TV or their families.”
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